kiwi808 10,181 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 Get in running, WOF, REG, Rotary engine and some low. Paint later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carsnz123 3,671 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 33 minutes ago, kiwi808 said: Get in running, WOF, REG, Supercharge the engine and some low. Paint later. Fixed. You'll probably get lichen growing on your fence now after waterbalsting the car off. From memory the engine is 9.0:1 so a bar or so of boost should make it a little more lively. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Carsnz123 said: Fixed. You'll probably get lichen growing on your fence now after waterbalsting the car off. From memory the engine is 9.0:1 so a bar or so of boost should make it a little more lively. I was going to post a photo of a piece of lichen on my thumb but thought better of it. Its no issue anyway, most of it ended up on the next door neighbours camper van. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi808 10,181 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 Have you tried giving it a bit of a cut and polish? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 10 minutes ago, kiwi808 said: Have you tried giving it a bit of a cut and polish? Not yet....Lichen removal first, then the fancy stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi808 10,181 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 I’m so jealous of your Saab’s awesomeness. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, kiwi808 said: I’m so jealous of your Saab’s awesomeness. Hold that jealousy until it actually moves under its own power...at the moment its just a Driveway Ornament. Once its running I'll bring it down to Dunners one holiday to an OS meet and it will be free rides for all. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi808 10,181 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 Imagine the awesomes... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 Would love a set of those Aztecs.... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mistral 21 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 Very nice !! You do actually see these occasionally on the road up here in Auckland, one even turned up at the Takanini pica part a couple of years back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 19 minutes ago, Mistral said: Very nice !! You do actually see these occasionally on the road up here in Auckland, one even turned up at the Takanini pica part a couple of years back Sure, tell me that now... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoeddynz 14,317 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 Its certainly the only 99 I have seen in NZ (well.. the south island...) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 40,976 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 so is this thing not totally rust fucked under that moss? AMAZING what about the glass? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted March 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, tortron said: so is this thing not totally rust fucked under that moss? AMAZING what about the glass? Glass is good as well. Underneath? Well, that could be another story. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avengertiger 140 Report post Posted April 14, 2018 love this car,headrests are awesome those seats look relatively straight forward to clean up.What pcd are the wheels by the way? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 40,976 Report post Posted April 14, 2018 On 26/03/2018 at 08:33, EpochNZ said: Glass is good as well. Underneath? Well, that could be another story. Do they just have a flat floor? Replace with huge 5mm checkerplate skid pan Will be lush. Just make sure your manifolds are not in danger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted April 15, 2018 3 hours ago, avengertiger said: love this car,headrests are awesome those seats look relatively straight forward to clean up.What pcd are the wheels by the way? A Rough measure has the PCD at 115mm. According to the manual it came stock with a set of 115/15s but its now sporting some 165/15s which were standard for the EMS and slightly gruntier L models. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EpochNZ 4,760 Report post Posted April 15, 2018 2 hours ago, tortron said: Do they just have a flat floor? Replace with huge 5mm checkerplate skid pan Will be lush. Just make sure your manifolds are not in danger I have several plans for this car, that may happen in the future. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scooters 12,266 Report post Posted April 15, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 11:27, yoeddynz said: Oh and we owned an early 900 for a while. Great cars to drive. Had trouble sorting out the clutch hydraulics though. Weird arrangement. I worked for Holden in ozz we had the Saab franchise as well. I did a clutch on on. Would be a ok job with all the service tools but had nothing. But the whole North South backwards engine thing is a real ball ache. Actually I think I just slipped a new friction plate in and called it quits. Because the gearbox would not move enough and the customer didn't want to pay to have the engine out. Still not real sure how it all works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoeddynz 14,317 Report post Posted April 15, 2018 I think there's a chain in there somewhere...a driveshaft that runs back from the clutch through to the box behind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
